[pskmail] Re: Hang with Live CD
- From: Rein Couperus <rein@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 10:14:42 +0100
I have tested the latest live CD works on 3 of my laptops (yes, we have 3
laptops in the camper).
On 2 it worked fine (one has only 256M RAM, the other 512), only on my Compaq
Armada (176MB) I have a problem with the X server, which I am sure I will solve.
Rein EA/PA0R/P
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Gesendet: 24.01.07 07:59:29
> An: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Betreff: [pskmail] Re: Hang with Live CD
>
> tis 2007-01-23 klockan 21:30 -0600 skrev Walt DuBose:
> > I got the same error today on a PSKMail Live CD I downloaded from a site
> > listed
> > on one of the other sites.
> >
> > I was booting up and a Dell GX-260 with 512 MB RAM. I will try it tomorrow
> > on a
> > Dell GX-580 with 1 GB of RAM.
> >
> > Could it be that the last Live CD has an error in the ISO? Wouldn't be the
> > first time this sort of thing has happened. Hi Hi.
> >
> > But I'm not going to blame anyone for putting out an opensource Live CD
> > weather
> > it works or not...its the thought and consideration that the individual has
> > for
> > the amateur radio community that shines so brightly.
> >
> > 73,
> >
> > Walt/K5YFW
> >
>
> Hi,
>
> That Dell is pretty much the same machine as I have in the office and I
> tested it there as well. I will test the iso on that mirror and make
> sure its ok. If its ok then the problem is caused by the generating
> script (mklivecd). If thats the case then I guess there is no other
> realistic option than to switch distro. So, I will test it first and
> then see what I have to do.
>
> 73 de Per, sm0rwo
>
>
>
> >
> >
> > Rein Couperus wrote:
> > > Bruce, I am sure Per will want to anwer this, but I know he is traveling
> > > at the moment...
> > >
> > > To me it looks like you ain't got enough memory. The KDE desktop of
> > > Mandriva, which the CD is based on, needs at least 256 MB to run, and it
> > > feels happy with 512MB...
> > >
> > > Remember, with a live CD the whole Linux stuff is running inside the RAM
> > > memory of the computer.
> > > No disk for swapping etc.
> > >
> > > If I remember correctly Knoppix was using a lite window manager....
> > > Maybe something we have to consider for further devt of the live CD....
> > > But 128 MB won't get you very far!!
> > >
> > > You could try running the live CD on some other machine with more RAM, it
> > > won't hurt as it does not touch the hard drive...
> > >
> > > 73,
> > >
> > > Rein EA/PA0R/P
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >>-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> > >>Von: pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >>Gesendet: 23.01.07 04:50:20
> > >>An: Pskmail@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > >>Betreff: [pskmail] Hang with Live CD
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > >>I checked the archives and didn't see this adressed:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>I have the latest (January) PSKMail live CD which starts to boot on my PC
> > >>(1+GHz Pentium + 128MB memory)
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>The front end of the boot process doesn't have any error messages that I
> > >>saw. However, I get a long delay when this line starts:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> - mounting loop image on /initrd/loopfs -
> > >>
> > >>Then the following error messages pop up:
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>============================
> > >>
> > >>failed:invalid argument
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>commands were:
> > >>
> > >>losetup /dev/loop0
> > >>initrd/cdrom/livecd.sqfs
> > >>
> > >>mount -r -t squashfs /dev/loop0
> > >>
> > >>initrd/loopfs
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>drop to limited shell
> > >>
> > >>==========================
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>I'm not overly Linux savvy, so all help is appreciated.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>I have successfully run the Live CD (Knoppix) from AI9NL (Harv's
> > >>Hamshack) on the computer.
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>tnx es 73
> > >>
> > >>Bruce
> > >>
> > >>
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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